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Title: Correspondence with Florence Insley Speck (Mrs. Frank Speck)
Identifier(s): text:166069
Description: Contains two letters, primarily concerning the writing of a memorial for Mrs. Speck's recently deceased husband, the anthropologist Frank Speck, and the disposition of his collection of scholarly reprints and related items. Mentions William Fenton, A. Irving Hallowell, Dr. Eisley, and the American Philosophical Society.
Creator: Speck, Florence Insley
Source: George S. Snyderman Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.51); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.51-ead.xml
Subject: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Date: 1951-1952

Title: Correspondence with Frank Speck
Identifier(s): text:165936
Description: Primarily concerns Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) matters, especially wampum, including specific items. Includes some letters to Speck from Glenn Black of the Indiana Historical Society, Kenneth Kidd of the Royal Ontario Museum, Alexander General ("Deskaheh"), Fred Washington of "Lenape Nation" in Oklahoma; copies of class handouts from an Anthropology course taught by Speck in 1927. Includes briefer mentions of Cochiti and Penobscot. Related correspondences in this collection include Alex General and Helen Harris.
Creator: Speck, Frank Gouldsmith, 1881-1950; Kidd, Kenneth; General, Alexander; Washington, Fred; Black, Glenn A. (Glenn Albert), 1900-1964
Source: George S. Snyderman Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.51); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.51-ead.xml
Subject: Haudenosaunee; Iroquois Indians; Delaware Indians; Wampum
Date: 1914, 1927, 1939-1950

Title: Correspondence with Alexander General (Deskaheh)
Identifier(s): text:166080
Description: Letter and enclosure regarding "Cayuga Legends Explaining Conquest of Huronia."
Creator: General, Alexander
Source: George S. Snyderman Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.51); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.51-ead.xml
Subject: Cayuga Indians; Haudenosaunee; Wyandot Indians
Date: 1951